The pavement under the creature rippled.
Then exploded.
Dirt launched. Asphalt shattered. The monster lurched sideways with a grunt and slid into a streetlamp.
Lucen flicked his wrist.
[Piercing Flare]
The beam cracked forward. Hit clean, right in the rib line. Sent the beast tumbling backward, hissing.
[Mana: 3.6 / 112]
[5.7 / 112]
Senna moved in before the recoil even cleared. Blade raised.
She shouted, "Drop it!"
Mira fired twice, both arrows catching flank gaps.
Callen followed with a hard stomp, shield glowing. "Backing you!"
Lucen stepped in, off center, and snapped his fingers low.
[Soundlash]
The blast popped into the creature's blind spot. Dazed it just long enough for Senna's blade to land clean.
The first scream came from a window overhead.
Someone inside yelling, "What are they—what is that?!"
Then another from the side alley. "It's not dead? What level are they?!"
Lucen muttered, "City's getting loud."
